Does anybody do any work in private schools? We do quite of lot of work, but SEB have a test and inspect contract in the school. Which we do any remedial work that is required after.
They have said that they want RCD testing to be done every 4 months! Has anyone heard of this or do this?
Hi all, I am looking for some advice, I have a offroad race truck and want to install a push button start on it. I want to be able to have a mom button that when the engine is stopped will engage the starter but when the engine is running I want it to be inactive so it doesn't try to engage...
Hi I was doing a EICR today and went to do an RCD test will not trip when I set it to Auto come out more than 300Ms at 1 times. Did a ramp test came out 33MA what would I class this on the report any ideas would be grateful
thank neil
Picked up an eBay police siren to replace my stock horn. It has 5 different tones but I only wanted the air horn sound so I glued that button down and hid the controller. I cut the stock horn wires and plugged them straight into the siren so when I hit the horn it powers the siren and since the...
Tom Oldfield
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Hi, I've just bought a small 12 volt digital timer to use as part of a lighting set up for some hen cabins. This particular one is a 16 amp YNAP model YP109A, there are lots for sale on the internet but most appear to be model CN101A which appears to be identical but only 10 amps I think. The...
Hello, thank you for your time. I am currently doing a mod on my washer, I am installing and air pump. I do not want it to run all the time so i am using a switch to choose when I want it to run. The switch doesn't turn the pump on, it just closes a live supply to a relay which is switched by...
Anyone had problems with these rcds? Control Gear Direct, 30mA, 63A 2 pole..
I recently bought two 10-way dual rcd boards from denmans.. first one had an rcd which didnt trip on test button, even with load removed. Second rcd didnt trip under 300mS, but button worked.
Swapped them for the...
I got called to a domestic property today as the RCD 80amp 30ma kept tripping and wouldn't hold under load nor would the test button work. I removed the busbar to remove all circuits from the RCD and the test button works ok again, so it appeared the RCD was ok.
Tracked down the offending...
Hi all,
Firstly hello and thanks for making this site so helpful, I'm trying to make a career change to be a domestic electrician and this site as been brilliant, so thanks.
Now for my question, I have recently purchased a fluke 1653b off eBay and I got it calibrated straight away for...
Hi all.
I’m after a bit of advice regarding emergency stopping. I’m carrying out some remedial work on a building where it was noted that an hydraulic band saw had no form of emergency stop. The machine is started by it’s own start button, but relies on a stop leaver to activate when the...
Hi guys,
I would to say hello to everyone and hope I will be comfortable in this forum!!
I am a mechanical engineer and I am in a certain way "forced" to learn also electrical stuffs.
At the moment I am trying to understand why my RESET button (ZBE 101) on my machine does not work.
I...
LordKelvin
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Hi guys,
I would to say hello to everyone and hope I will be comfortable in this forum!!
I am a mechanical engineer and I am in a certain way "forced" to learn also electrical stuffs.
At the moment I am trying to understand why my RESET button (ZBE 101) on my machine does not work.
I...
LordKelvin
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button
close
electrical work
not working
reset
schneider
series
working
I've recently moved into a new house with a Veritas R8 alarm system fitted. In one of the bedrooms, there's a wire coming out from one of the walls with a small (the size of a matchbox) white plastic box with a key sticking out of it and a big red button which I'm guessing is some sort of...
reddragon105
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as title. i have a fluke 1503 ( cont./ins. tester). when using it, it fires up as normal with thew 4 ----, showing nulled leads and ready to measure. pressing the test button does nothing, but if i press the lock button, i get an accurate reading ( e.g. a 4.7K resistor reads 4.61K on the fluke)...
Hi Guys,
Recently got taken down the wrong path on Schneiders product selection on their website, ordered an MCCB 100a TP, easy, or so i thought, fitted new switch and on testing the swith find that i am missing a phase, MCCB has a CT module on the bottom of it which is proved to have voltage...
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I am trying to put a post in the DIY electrical advice forum section.
I can see a blue button to post a new thread in other forum sections but not in the DIY electrical advice forum section.
I did send a message to the site administrator a week ago, but no answer.
Thanks for any help!
Hi,
I need a replacement push button MEM MCB 45A push button fuse. Can anyone help? Please let me know if you have one for sale or know where to source one. Here are a few pics to help identify it.
Hi, I've got a 1950's motor that i would like to wire to a push button on/off switch.
Is the a push button switch on the market to do what i want in the diagram or a way of wiring one as i can not find any on ebay? The only ones i can find that is a close match is the 3 phase switches like...
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